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2006-07: Brett Bruneteau skated in 55 games for the Omaha Lancers in his second USHL season. He scored 12 goals with 28 assists and was plus-10 with 55 penalty minutes. The Lancers finished first in the West Division but were upset in the first round of the playoffs. Bruneteau had 1 assist and was minus-one with 6 penalty minutes in five playoff games. Bruneteau committed to playing college hockey at North Dakota in 2008-09 and was selected by Washington in the fourth round (108th overall) of the 2007 NHL Draft.

2007-08: After being traded from Omaha to Indiana over the summer, Bruneteau began the year with the Ice; appearing in 14 games and scoring 1 goal with 7 assists and going plus-1 with 8 penalty minutes. In November he was traded to Des Moines in exchange for defenseman and fellow North Dakota recruit Ben Blood. Limited to 21 games with the Buccaneers due to injury, he scored 4 goals with 5 assists and was minus-11 with 13 penalty minutes. Des Moines finished last in the West Division.

2008-09: Bruneteau returned to the USHL rather than beginning his college career and skated for Des Moines in his fourth USHL season. He was one of the few veterans on a young Buccaneers squad that would finish with the league's second-worst record. The 19-year-old was the team's third-leading scorer with 15 goals and 28 assists and was minus-22 with 65 penalty minutes.

2009-10: Bruneteau played in 27 games for North Dakota as a freshman. He scored 1 goal with 4 assists and was minus-two with 6 penalty minutes. The Fighting Sioux captured the WCHA's Broadmoor Trophy playoff championship after finishing fourth during the regular season and faced Yale in the NCAA tournament.

2010-11: Bruneteau appeared in just four games for the Fighting Sioux in his sophomore season. He had no points nor penalty minutes. Bruneteau completed his degree at North Dakota and announced he was transferring to Vermont, where he would be eligible to play immediately as a graduate student.

2011-12: Bruneteau joined his younger brother Nick Bruneteau, a sophomore defenseman, at the University of Vermont. He skated in 33 of 34 games for the Catamounts, scoring 4 goals with 6 assists, and as minus-15 with 25 penalty minutes. Vermont finished last in Hockey East; winning just six games.

2012-13: Bruneteau skated in 33 games for Vermont in his senior season. He scored 6 goals with 7 assists and was -6 with 14 penalty minutes. The Catamounts finished tied with Maine for seventh in Hockey East and lost to Boston College in a Hockey East quarterfinal series. Bruneteau was not signed to a contract by Washington in August 2013: becoming an unrestricted free agent.

Future

Bruneteau was not tendered a contract by the Washington Capitals prior to the 2013-14 season, and currently is not playing pro hockey.

Despite only playing for the second team last season Barkunov stepped right into the lineup of the first team this year andplayed great hockey. He started out very good with two goals in his first two games and his offensive play and hard workmade up for his lack of experience. Faded a little after the WJC and was a healthy scratch in all but two playoff games.Played in three tournaments with the Russian J20 team (1+3 in 14 games) including the WJC in Russia there he was one ofthe better defencemen on a Russian team that finished 7th. With a senior-season under his belt he will hopefully be a factorin both the regular season and the playoffs for Yaroslavl next year.

A perfect nickname for this towering Russian prodigy who has played his third season for the SudburyWolves. Last season Alexei Semenov was named OHL defensive defenseman of the year and by all accounts this season should result with the same accolads.A steady marked improvement in all aspects of his game will give him a legitimate chance of cracking the Oilers roster next season.

His most appealing attributes are a perfect fit for the needs of the present Oilers blueline. His best qualities include his devastating open ice hits and menacing presence in front of the net. Alexei also provides a excellent shot from the point and would be an excellant alternativeon the second powerplay unit along side Tom Poti. Whats even more appealing to the Oilers managemnt is his wing span and mobility will make it near impossible to beat him one on one.

A nice progression in his point total over the last two seasons give the coaching staff reason to believe some of that talent will come forth to the next level.

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Adding Semenov to the mix could allow the Oilers to have 3 solid units on defense and pair the two offense defense with a solid efensive partner without tearing up the Jason Smith and Igor Ulanov duo. By pairing Alexei Semenov and Tom Poti together it would allow Tom to be more offensivly creative without having to worry about the backend. Plus an added bonus is since both of them are young they wi Read more»

IHL NEWS

The Manitoba Moose are cashing in on the rise of former goaltender Johan Hedberg, who is making a name for himself – and the Moose – while guarding the nets for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their current NHL playoff battle with the Washington Capitals.

A career minor leaguer, Hedberg became an immediate fan favourite after posting a 7-1-1 record for the Penguins down the regular season stretch, then securing the starting role for the playoffs.

“They’re buying anything that has `Hedberg’ on it,” said Tim Scott, the Moose vice-president of marketing, communication and corporate development.

On April, 12th, 2001, was the time to start the biggest event for the Under-18 teams in theseason. The Under-18 WJC began in the Finnish cities of Lahti and Heinola on that day. TheCzech team appeared in the Group B along with teams from Russia, Sweden, Norway and Germany.Those were the opponents they had to beat if they wanted to win the group. All the playerswere eager to jump into the action and show something to the NHL scouts, but the main taskremained the victory of the team.There was one change on the roster during the last minute. Peterborough Petes Lukas Krajiceksuffered a shoulder injury recently, which prevented him from playing at the Under-18 WJC.He was replaced by Ondrej Danicek, 2001 eligible defenseman who played this season for thejuniors of Zlin. Danicek is a steady defenseman with good positional play, good passing skills,but only average shot. But he did fit into the team quite well, he played at most of thetournaments of the Under-18 teams this season.

The first opponent were the Russians, a team stocked with NHL prospects. Ilya Kovalchuk shouldn’tbe picked lower than second at this year’s draft, Stanislav Chistov is a projected top 5 pick,Alexander Perejougin could also slip into the first round just like the goalie Andrei Medvedevand the defense boasts top prospects Fedor Tyutin or Viktor Uchevatov. Russia is the hottestfavorite at this WJC and a solid game with them would boast the Czech confidence a lot.

But it didn’t look like that. Igor Grigorenko scored a shorthanded marker in the last minute Read more»